FULL MOTO. James Bubba Stewart on a Kawasaki 125cc Against 4 Strokes | 2004 Washougal 125 Moto 2

Two thousand and four marked the turning point of the four strokes REALLY taking over, with only James Stewart Jr, Factory Suzuki, and Factory KTM having two-strokes still on the line as well as a few select privateers. But by the midpoint of the season it was only Stew fighting inside the top 10 of motos on the small bore Kawasaki. Relive another Stew Classic, finding himself dead last around the first corner and ripping through a field of thumpers at possibly the worst course for the low-torque 125s, Washougal.
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[@larrypinball5496]

even on a supermini, Bubba would have smoked them all.

[@jpesicka492]

Put him on a 65 back then i swear lmao

[@andystreet339]

I remember going to Loretta’s when Stew was on a Kx 100 and he was running the fastest laps of everyone!

[@uncleyetti9553]

Damn all these names bring me back to the good ol' days

[@jacksondaniels8169]

Me and my sons went to every race at Washougal when James ran 125's and 250's. Great memories. Still have a set of goggles he signed for my son. Understand, Kawasaki had to rebuild the motor after every race because he rung the neck off in each moto.

[@tambourahall7865]

eh that's not really true. James was not hard on the engines at ask but they definitely changed stuff out to keep it fresh. there is tons o f videos about the wy he ride actually. damnn near perfect every gear.

[@jacksondaniels8169]

​@tambourahall7865 Multiple interviews with his Kawi mechanics say they were rebuilding his engines quite often between motos.

[@tambourahall7865]

@@jacksondaniels8169 yess because that's what you do on a 125 two stroke. you change the motors between motos it wasn't that uncommon. also side noted you should go watch the story about how good James was with the motor and not frying things and how he didn't run the bike motor hard. the only thing that James was hard on was the frame because of the risk and stuff he would take. you might learn a thing or too.

[@jamesskinner8590]

I got the opportunity to flag Southwick when James was on the 125 and God Damn he was so fast and to be that close to the track made it even better!! Bike failure was the end result but I’ll tell you what that man was special and he had lapped up to like sixth I think was what the guys were saying anyway he is still the best I’ve seen on the 125

[@bradunderwood3092]

Could you imagine a 125 blowing past 250fs these days! Best part is when they say Ryno ghost road his bike into Hanny! 😂. Good layout this year.

[@Ynot.LJ8]

Started watching mx and sx in 2022 and man I missed every fucking thing not to mention I was born in 03💀.

[@johnnyskied]

Look up the 06/07 battles between James Stewart and Ricky Carmichael. They were on another level.

[@Ynot.LJ8]

@@johnnyskied yea that shit was tuff 🔥

[@vwgtdturbo]

that was real motocross!! 2006 up to 2024 it is fake motocross

[@jdsaw100]

Thank you very much 😊..

[@mp280x2]

I feel bad for dudes like millsaps and hepler and grant. Because those guys were so fucking fast.. they just had to be on the line with stew. And i also feel bad for prime kdub on a four stroke, who was in his absolute best form, against Ricky. All of these guys in both classes were incredibly fast, but they (besides Windham) arent respected enough just because of the superhuman competition they had to face over their entire career

[@tomacquilano1304]

LOVE IT! Too bad the video quality isn't better. The only other rider I love to watch other than Stewart is Bob Hannah.

[@drikouvergier3475]

I forgot how much he was good.. I get goosebumps !!!

[@JeremyNoreen]

Happy birthday Brock 🤘

[@ELECTRICMOTOCROSSMACHINE]

Just a bad ass. Jimmy jam.

[@dagodigs]

Thats what we call 2 stroke gap!!! Almost last to first 2 strokes for life!!

[@damonforrest1570]

That’s pretty cool Deegan was in this video. He would end up in there eventually. But to be in the Volt now is badass. 💣💯🇺🇸🤙🙏✌️👊✊

[@PacMan592]

Literal 1890s footage

[@damonforrest1570]

Sure miss Stewart, James.🤙🇺🇸💯💣

[@leviratto9421]

9:50 ahahahahaha

[@GlassBone710]

This video keeps that man awake at night to this day

[@Motoinc]

Cool but very poor quality. You guy should get the OG video from whatever cabelcompany that have it

[@alvarobeltranaguado7894]

Js was soo good, but most of his competition wasnt, not like nowadays... the top 10s in every class have a big chance of winning races. He is conseidered as one of the greats because he was in his era, nowadays is more dificult to have this much domination.

[@Chuck0820-t2l]

He was racing against weak competition until he went up against RC. Not like todays field he would get smoked. He couldnt even touch Villopoto in a title chase

[@montymatthew1784]

And then you woke up.

[@Chuck0820-t2l]

@@montymatthew1784 james crashed like 50% of the time. Villopoto won 4 straight championships. No comparison. Idgaf about race wins which Villo has a far higher win percentage in his career at 45% JS7 has a 50% crash rate